It’s the third night of Hanukkah, and the Smart Bitches are giving away…
A whole bunch of knitting and booking and both from Elyse!
If you’ve enjoyed Elyse’s knitting patterns inspired by everything she sees with her eyeballs, pretty much, she’s got a prize package of warm and fuzzy and lovely things.
Ready?
Take it away, Elyse!
Elyse: For this prize pack we have…
Yarn! Lots of Yarn!
We’re giving away enough yarn to make two projects: Ashburn by Melanie Berg, a garter stitch shawl that’s appropriate for advanced-beginner knitters and Bias “Before and After” Scarf by Churchmouse Yarns and Teas. This pattern is more suited for intermediate knitters. We’re also including both patterns and the tools needed to complete them.
For the Ashburn shawl we have six skeins of Knit Picks Palette fingering weight yarn, two skeins each of Ash, Finnley Heather and Wonderland Heather (100% wool).
We also have a set of size six circular needles by Susan Bates so you can get right to knitting.
For the Bias “Before and After” Scarf we have two skeins of Schachenmayr Tahiti yarn in Bermuda colorway. This yarn is 99% cotton and it slowly changes color from aquamarine to green, making for a super cool scarf. We’ve also added size 7 bamboo straight needles and a size G Susan Bates crochet hook for your provisional cast-on.
But we’re not done!
We’re also including some lace-weight yarn that you can use to make a second, third or fourth Bias scarf, another Ashburn, or a project of your choosing.
This is Knit Picks Alpaca Cloud (100% baby alpaca wool, 440 yards each) in the colors Catherine, Reed Heather, Raspberry Heather, and Elise (I know RIGHT).
And while you’re knitting, you might get thirsty.
Luckily we have two teas for you to enjoy from Fava Tea Company.
We had to pick up an ounce of an earl grey blend called Duke (of Earl) tea. DUKE TEA. It’s an earl grey blended with just a hint of clove.
We also have an ounce of Blueberry Roobios, a caffeine free, berry flavored tea perfect for afternoon or evening sipping.
And of course we have books:
- The Courtesan Duchess by Joanna Schupe ( A | BN | K | G | AB | Au )
- Four Weddings and a Sixpence by Julia Quinn, Elizabeth Boyle, Laura Lee Guhrke, and Stephanie Sloane ( A | BN | K | G | AB )
- The Viscount and the Vixen by Lorraine Heath ( A | BN | K | G | AB )
- Woman with a Secret by Sophie Hannah ( A | BN | K | AB )
- How to Disappear by Ann Redisch Stampler ( A | BN | K | AB )
- Knitting Ephemera by Carol J. Sulcoski ( A | BN )
Ready to enter? Grab your needles and your teacups!
Leave a comment telling us what book you discovered here this year that you really enjoyed! Maybe it was reviewed, maybe it was an older title on sale – we’d love to hear which one it was!
Standard disclaimers apply: I’m not being compensated for this giveaway. Void where prohibited. Must be 18 years of age and ready to sip, knit, and purl. Open to international residents where permitted by applicable law. It is perfectly acceptable to pile all your yarn on the rug and take a nap in it. Cats do it all the time, but you knew that. Comments will close at or near 12pm ET on Tuesday 27 December 2016 and winners will be announced shortly afterward.
Happy Hanukkah, Happy Boxing Day, Happy Day Off for Many, and thank you for being part of Smart Bitches!
UPDATE: And the winner is Liz, comment #99, who discovered For Real by Alexis Hall here at SBTB!
Stay tuned for more Hanukkah giveaways and we hope to add more books to your TBR pile in 2017!
So many good books that show up here that I have a TBR list as long as Santa’s list. I love to read about different books that you have read and listen to your PODCAST. Keep them coming and I will keep adding to my list. Thanks for the giveaway.
This giveaway is amazing! I recently read Station Eleven and it wasn’t my normal kind of book at all (post-apocalyptic), but it was really great!
I discovered Act Like It and the Seanan McGuire books here, and I am so, so grateful!
The Perils of Pleasure by Julie Anne Long
I discovered LORD AND LADY SPY (and the other books in that series) and had an amazing time reading them.
I usually avoid holiday books but picked up Glass Tidings by Amy Jo Cousins. And I’m glad I did!
Thanks for the giveaway
Well, I didn’t really “discover” this one, since I’ve been hooked on her whole series, but your review did remind me to buy it – and I hardly ever buy books! “Duke of Sin” by Elizabeth Hoyt, the latest in her Maiden Lane series. I have loved all of them, but it’s taken so long for this latest one to come out, I almost forgot it was on its way!
P.S. I loved this one, too…
I really liked Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen.
The macaroni and cheese cookbook…from one of the sale posts. Made some of the best mac and cheese evah. Omg.
Thanks for the giveaway, and happy holidays!
Nice Dragons Finish Last was my favorite rec this year. I loved it!
Do You Want To Start A Scandal by Tessa Dare. Now I want to read all her books she’s a great author.
Just finished Courtney Milan’s The Heiress Effect and loved it! Also really enjoyed Emily Foster’s How Not to Fall, especially since I typically read more historicals than contemporaries. Thanks so much for the giveaway– as a fan of knitting, Knitpicks, color-changing yarn, shawls and scarves, tea, and historical romances, this prize pack is 100% my cup of tea! (insert all the heart eye emojis)
Wonderful give-away! My favorite book I heard about on your site this year is The Hating Game by Sally Thorne.
It would have to be The Unleashing by Shelly Laurenston. I got sucked in the moment I heard Sarah’s podcast interviewing the author. I finished it then moved straight into The Undoing.
There are so many books that I found because of you guys. Unfortunately, they all end up on my TBR. The one I am most looking forward to reading when I have time is Daughters of a Nation. I planned on reading this right after the election, but when that went sideways, I couldn’t do politics for awhile, so it is just sitting there. I’ll have to try it before 1/20 because I have a feeling I’ll be back in the fetal position again for a few weeks.
Shelly Laurenston, the Mane Event.
I am really enjoying The Viscount and The Vixen, thanks to your recommendation.
The Hating Game. I had heard about it online but the review here helped me solidify my decision to purchase it.
I think my favorite book that I heard about here this year was Amanda Bouchet’s a Promise of Fire. Can’t wait for the second book. I love the yarn and the books in this giveaway!
I discovered Elizabeth Hoyt this year!
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne and A Promise of Fire by Amanda Bouchet are both in my top ten books of the year, and I read about them here first. I’ve so far read The Hating Game three times, I love it so much.
THE WILL by Kristen Ashley was a great find thank you.
This year’s hit would probably be the Golem and the Jini
The Other Side of Midnight, by Simone St. James. I can’t quite remember how, since a search comes up with a post from May 2015, but I definitely heard about it here!
I discovered Ilona Andrews. Why had I never read Ilona Andrews!! An obvious weakness in my reading program, which you ladies have thoughtfully fixed for me. Thank you!
I discovered Ilona Andrews. Why did I never read Ilona Andrews??!! An obvious weakness in my reading program, which you ladies have thoughtfully fixed for me. Thank you!
I just read “A Promise of Fire,” and absolutely adored it! Griffin (*swoon*) and Cat were the perfect addition to my winter break. I also really loved “The Hating Game” by Sally Thorne. So many good books this year!
Not to repeat myself from yesterday, but The Shattered Count was truly the best book I read all year. Simply amazing! If you haven’t read it, read it immediately!
“Pajama Girls of Lambert Square” and anything and everything by Julia Quinn!
I can’t wait to read through this whole thread because there are so many great suggestions for more books to read! Must have books! (Yes, I am a zombie for books.)
For my response, I will say the book I am reading now — “One Fell Sweep” by Ilona Andrews. I just enjoy this series so much — as well as the little glimpses I get of characters from The Edge. Love it!
I fell deep into an m/m rabbit hole with One Giant Leap 😉
(yay knitting and books!)
I loved Emma Chase’s Sustained.
Also, I can’t thank Amanda enough for recommending A Promise of Fire. LOOOOOOOVE it!
Amanda reviewed A Promise of Fire, and it sounded awesome enough that I bought it on the spot! I absolutely loved it, and I’m eagerly looking forward to the next in the series!
A Promise of Fire- absolutely loved that book, as did so many other people…
Reckless, by Anne Stuart – somehow I had never read anything by her before!
I took this year off reading. It wasn’t a slump but I stopped my Goodreads Challenge and mainly read favourites and new books by favourite authors. (And my TBR pile didn’t go down even though I didn’t add to it.)
They’re not romance books but the various series by Glynn Stewart I greatly enjoyed reading this year. These books are more space opera – magic meets sci-fi – with a dash of military and were fun reading.
I also spent more time knitting and attempted (and succeeded!) knitting a cable knit vest this year.
There have been SO MANY books I have found here, but by far my favorite, early in the spring, was A Fashionable Indulgence by KJ Charles. I loved the rest of the series, devoured the rest of her books like pie (Especially Think of England), and have pimped them to everyone I know who doesn’t freak at the idea of M/M.
She has a new book coming out in February and I CANNOT WAIT. I already have it preordered.
Probably a promise of fire, from all the talk here. Thanks for the giveaways! This one looks so cool! I’ve really gotten into knitting in the past year, and so much pretty pretty yarn!
My favourite find of late from here has to be Act Like it.
The Hating Game and A Promise of Fire, which both turned out to be my favorite reads of 2016 🙂 thanks for the awesome giveaway!